Sentences with phrase «gain arable land»

The drainage of moors, which has been practiced for centuries so as to gain arable land for farming and livestock, is in this respect a big ecological problem.

In the catchment area of the river Yangtzekiang in Southern China defor - estation takes place in order to gain arable land and build tea plantations.

Saving chocolate Because the threats to cocoa production come from pests, disease, climate change and poverty, work must be done on all these issues to raise yields without tearing down rain forests to gain arable land.